October 7, 2012 9:48 pm

A 49-year-old woman riding a motorcycle in Spanaway was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center with life-threatening injuries this evening, according to Central Pierce Fire & Rescue and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.

The woman was riding east about 6 :30 p.m. on 176th Street East near Pacific Avenue South, when a vehicle turned in front of her into a shopping center and she hit its side, assistant chief Randy Stephens said.

The woman’s helmet came off during the crash, Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.

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